Milani CubeSat Joining Hera Asteroid Mission

Shoebox-Sized Satellite Will Perform Mineral Prospecting

The shoebox-sized Milani CubeSat, which will perform close-up mineral prospecting of the Dimorphos asteroid, is ready for delivery to ESA’s Hera asteroid mission for planetary defense. The spacecraft will carry Milani and a second CubeSat, the Juventas radar imaging spacecraft for probing into the target asteroid, which together will be ESA’s first Cube…